Spirit is contagious, at least that is what the teachers, students and staff at Trimble County Middle School would say. The week of Sept. 17-21 was named Spirit Week at TCMS. During this week there were scheduled themes for each day. Everyone was encouraged to participate. The cheerleaders came up with the themes and set different incentives for those who showed the most school spirit.

The Trimble County High School Runnin’ Raiders have been forcing the competition to scramble to keep up in recent outings.

Trimble was in action Saturday in the South Oldham Dragon Invitational. The Runnin’ Raider boys took fifth place overall in a meet dominated large schools. Christian Apel had Trimble’s top time with 17:58.13 for the 5K distance. Conner Ball timed in at 18:11.17; Kyle Puckett, 18:37.56; Tray Robbins, 10:03.85; Brennan Kunkel, 20:15.24; and Johnathan Papai, 20:26.66.

Trimble County’s Runnin’ Raiders hosted two meets in cross country last week. In Tuesday’s outing both Trimble teams took first place. In Saturday’s larger meet, Trimble’s girls again took the top spot while the boys took third place behind North Oldham and Owen County.

Trimble’s Erin Gonterman took first place overall in both girls’ competitions.

Trimble junior Christian Apel finished second in Tuesday’s race and seventh among the boys on Saturday. Full details will be published next week.

North Oldham rolled into the Trimble County High School gymnasium for the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s 29th District Volleyball Tournament Monday and closed the door on another marvelous season by the Trimble County Lady Raiders.

The Lady Mustangs squelched Trimble’s hopes for advancement by handing the Lady Raiders three straight setbacks: 15-25, 11-25 and 14-25 on Monday.